Ray Butler (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Businesses owned by the self-employed are closing down every day of the week. The self-employed can receive social welfare once they get a letter from their accountant. Many of those who are self-employed and on low incomes and who are in trouble cannot provide these accounts. If they can get social welfare from the State, surely if they get a letter from their accountant they can get this grant.